44871 with Day 1 of “The Great Britain XVI”! | 13/04/24

Today saw LMS Black 5 44871 with the first day of nine on “The Great Britain XVI” railtour, seen around Kent before the loco would then be joined by a second black 5 for the onward journey to Cheltenham. I first see 44871 chuffing its way through Chatham before overtaking it at Newington to see it once again on the outward leg at Herne Bay. For the return leg, I headed to Otford where the locomotive was seen working hard on its way back to London!

[@CurvedGD]

Herne bay was amazing! The shot i got there was sick! It was also nice talking to you

[@that_transport_guy5404]

Thanks! Yeah it was great to see it at speed it was probably the busiest station I went to

[@basictraincontent]

Great capture. I caught the double header at Twyford

[@that_transport_guy5404]

Thank you! Oh nice I was tempted to see that but didn’t in the end!

[@barrythedieselelectricstea5217]

excellent shots 👍pity the this wasn't double header aswell 😟

[@that_transport_guy5404]

Yeah shame it wasn’t in Kent 🤷‍♂️

[@MyTrainsAndStuff]

Great video. I caught the Double Header at Twyford

[@that_transport_guy5404]

Thanks! Oh nice! 👍